A Beginner's History of Philosophy, Vol. 1: Ancient and Mediæval PhilosophyCushman, Herbert Ernest
Philosophy
A Beginner's History of Philosophy, Vol. 1: Ancient and Mediæval Philosophy
Cushman, Herbert Ernest
Philosophy -- History
SYMPOSIUM.
_The Character of Socrates._
(1) His fit of abstraction in the porch.
174 A (‘He said that he met Socrates’ ...)
–175 C (... ‘Socrates entered.’ ...)
(2) His strange appearance and marvellous power of influencing
others.
215 A (‘And now, my boys,’ ...)
–216 G (... ‘so that I am at my wit’s end.’)
(3) His endurance, eccentricity, and bravery.
219 E (... ‘All this happened’ ...)
–222 A (... ‘a good and honourable man.’)
SECOND VOLUME.
MENO.
Learning is only Recollection (ἀνάμνησις): The Immortality of
the Soul proved out of Pindar.
81 A (‘I will tell you why’ ...)
–E (... ‘active and inquisitive.’ ...)
APOLOGY, OR THE DEFENCE OF SOCRATES.
The whole.
CRITO, OR SOCRATES IN PRISON.
The whole.
PHAEDO, OR THE LAST DAY OF SOCRATES’ LIFE.
(1) Socrates in prison.
57–60 C (... ‘pleasure appears to succeed.’)
(2) Why the philosopher is willing to die, although he will not
take his own life.
60 C (‘Upon this Cebes said’ ...)
–69 E (... ‘it will be well.’)
(3) The Description of the Other Life.
107 C (‘But then, O my friends,’ ...)
–115 A (... ‘after I am dead.’)
(4) The Death of Socrates.
115 A (‘When he had done speaking’ ...)
–to end.
GORGIAS.
(1) The good man desires, not a long, but a virtuous, life.
511 A (‘You always contrive’ ...)
–513 A (... ‘their own perdition.’ ...)
(2) The Judgment of the Dead.
523 A (‘Listen, then,’ ...)
–527 A (... ‘any sort of insult.’)
(3) The Moral of the Tale.
527 A (‘Perhaps this may appear’ ...)
–to end.
[Appendix.]
I _Alcibiades._
Socrates humiliates Alcibiades by shewing him his inferiority
to the Kings of Lacedaemon and of Persia.
120 A (‘Why, you surely know’ ...)
–124 B (... ‘ever desired anything.’)
II _Alcibiades._
The Gods approve of simple worship.
148 C (‘The Lacedaemonians, too,’ ...)
–150 B (... ‘for me to oppose.’)
_Eryxias._
The nature of money.
399 E (‘Then now we have to consider’ ...)
–400 E (... ‘of no use to us ... True.’)
THIRD VOLUME.
REPUBLIC.
_Book i._
The commencement of the Dialogue: Cephalus on Old Age.
327–331 B (... ‘is, in my opinion, the greatest.’)
_Book ii._
(1) The argument of Adeimantus.
362 E (... ‘But let me add something more’ ...)
–367 E (... ‘seen or unseen by Gods and men.’)
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